Foreign Policy Discussion Group | Online

Online talk and discussion of current events in world policy.

Topic

The National Defense Strategy: Priorities, Tradeoffs, and the Question of Alignment

Speaker

Kelly Grieco, Stimson Center 

At the end of January, the Department of War released the 2026 National Defense Strategy. Shortly afterwards, the US along with Israel began a preemptive military campaign against Iran. How do current events fit into the strategy? Are U.S. actions reinforcing the strategy’s stated priorities or pulling attention and resources in a different direction? 

Kelly A. Grieco is a Senior Fellow with the Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center, where her work focuses on US foreign policy and defense policy, addressing questions about military strategy, force structure, military alliances, air operations, and the future of war. 
 

She has expertise in U.S. military alliances and the security architectures of the Indo-Pacific and Europe, as well as current and emerging airpower strategies and capabilities, including air denial and drone warfare. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University and a Nonresident Fellow at the Brute Krulak Center of the Marine Corps University.

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